Illuminated oven for stoves.



F. SANTOSKI. ILLUMINATED OVEN FOR STOVES.

APPLICATION IILBD All-24, 1908.

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T" V 1 Applieation filed April-24, 1908. Serial No. 229,003.

Be it known that I, FRED SANTosKI,citizen of the United States, residing at Stevens Point, in the countylof Portage and State of,

Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inllluminated- Ovens for Stoves and I do declare'thefollowingto be a full, clear, andexact description of'thef invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto whichitappertains tomake illuminated ovens and doorsfor the same.

The ob ect of the nvent on is to provide an oven having means whereby the same 1s illuminated from the rear andprovided with light is admitted from fthe front, and by a door having transparent panels'wher'e'by means of which the contents of the oven may be observed. it a a r j v A further objectis'to provide anfautm matioally-operated shield or protecting plate adapted to protect the glass panels in the door' when the latter'is'in an openposition.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consistsof certain novel features of "construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be described 'and'pan; ticularly pointed out in the appended claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure '1 T is a front view of a portion of astove hav-* ing anoven constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig." 2 is "a 'horizontal sectional view through the sameQfshOwingth door in an open position; Fig. 8' is avertical cross sectionalview on the line 3' s"o Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a similar view showingthedoor in closed position; and Fig. 5 is a horizontalsectional view through the top of the stove;

showing the manner in; which the reflector erated to throw-the light into-the oven.

Referring more particularl tq draw:

ing's, 1 denotes a stove or range,which may beof any desired construction-and in which "T f is arranged an oven, 2;. I In the rearside of the stove and oven is formeda'light-open ing, in which is arranged a -transparent panel, 3, which is preferably formed of glass, but which may be formed rofzany- Fij other suitable transparent material} -Hinged to therear side of -the stove-is an angularly formed reflector, 4, which is adapted to be adjusted to throw the light through the panel, 3, and into'the oven.

f The reflector is provided with means whereby: the same may be shifted to the proper angle for directing the light into the oven, saidmeans being here shown and preferably consisting of an operatingrod, 5, which is preferably arranged in the upper portion of-the stove above the oven and eX-,

tends through the front and rear sides thereof, and is connectedat its rear end to the upper end Of'thG reflector and at its front end provided with a suitable handle, 6.

-By means of an operating rod arranged as here shown and described, the reflector may be adjusted to the proper angle from the front side of the stove. v

The oven is provided with a door, 7, which is hinged at its lower edge and adapted to open outwardly and downwardly as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 8 of the drawing. The door? consists of a skeleton frame arranged to-forni panel openings 9. Inthe two uper panel openings are arranged transparent panels, 9', while in the two lower openings are, arranged metallic panels, 10. The trans parent panels 9 are preferablylformed of glassybut may be formed of any suitable transparent material. 'If desired, the center of theldoor frame'may be provided with an opening, 12, 'toreceive an oven thermometer. On the-inner side ofthe oven door is arranged a shield or panel protecting plate, 13, which is connected at its opposite ends and near its lower edge to combined operating {and oven supporting rods, 14, the lower ends 10f which are hingedly connected to the front side-of the stove below the oven 'door as shown atj15, whilethe reduced upperends of said rods are bent at an angle and project through vertically disposed slots, 16, which are formed in the door adjacent to its oppo site ends, asshown. ing-ends of the rods 14 mayflbesecured to the protecting plate, 1'3, in any suitable manner,

but-jarepreferably passed therethrough and headed" as 1 shown; By thus arrangingflth'e The inwardly projectr'odsir'and connecting the same with the plate, 13, the latter will be moved forwaidly" across; thetransparent panels in the upper portionofithedoor when thelattr is swung down to an open position as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. When the door is closed or swung upwardly, the rods 14: will draw the protecting plate downwardly from across the transparent panels to a position in rear of the metal panels, 10, thereby uncovering the transparent panels so that the contents of the oven may be readily observed therethrough. WVhen the protect ing plate 13 is in an operative position over the transparent panels, 9, the latter are protected from being scratched by the pans or cooking utensils when drawn out of the oven, and will be protected from being broken by objects falling thereon, or by water, which, it dropped on the panels when in a heated condition, would be apt to crack the same.

On the outer side of the door adjacent to the upper ends of the slots, 16, are formed stop lugs, 17, against which the upper ends of the operating rods, let, bear when the door is lowered to an open position, said operating rods and lugs thus forming a support for the door when in an open position. The door is provided with a suitable operating handle, 19, and latch, 20, by means of which the same is opened and closed and held in a closed position.

By means of the transparent panel in the rear and the observation panels in the door, the contents of the oven may be watched without the necessity of opening the door during the cooking operation.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claims,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1 In an oven, a door having arranged therein transparent panels, a cover to protect said panels when the door is in an opened position, and means to operate said cover whereby when the door is in closed position, said panels will be uncovered, substantially as described.

2. In an oven, a door having arranged therein transparent panels, and means operated by the opening and closing of the door to cover and uncover said panels, thereby preventing the same from being broken when the door is in an open position, substantially as described.

3. In an oven, a door having arranged therein transparent panels, a protecting plate to cover said panels, and combined door-supporting and plate-operating rods adapted to support the door in its open position and to move said plate over the panels when the door is opened, substantially as described.

4. An oven having arranged in its rear side a transparent panel, a door having therein transparent panels, a protecting plate to cover the panels in said door, and combined door-supporting and plate-operating devices adapted to move said plate over the panels when the door is opened and to support the door in an open position, substantially as described.

5. An oven having in its rear side a transparent panel, a reflector to throw the light into the oven through said panel, a door having transparent panels, a protecting plate to cover the panels in said door, and combined door-supporting and plate-operating rods adapted to support the door in an open position and to move said plate across the transparent panels when the door is opened, substantially as described.

6. An oven having therein a transparent panel, an adjustable reflector to throw the light through said panel and into the oven, means to adjust said reflector to various angles, a door having transparent panels, door-supporting rods, and means operated by said rods to cover and protect said panels in the door when the latter is in an opened, position, substantially as described.

7. An oven having arranged in its rear side a transparent panel, an adjustable reflector to throw the light into the oven through said panel, an operating rod connected to said reflector and extending to the front side of the stove, a door having therein transparent panels, a protecting plate adapted to he moved over said panels when the door is in an opened position, and combined door-supporting and plate-operating rods hingedly connected to the sides, whereby the protecting plate is moved across the transparent panels when the door is opened, substantially as described.

8. In an oven, a door consisting of a skeleton frame arranged to form panel openings, said frame having formed therein transversely disposed slots, metallic panels arranged in the lower panel openings of the door, transparent panels arranged in the upper panel openings thereof, a protecting plate arranged on the inner side of the door, combined door-supporting and plateoperating rods hingedly connected at their lower ends and provided at their upper ends with reduced extensions adapted to enter the slots in the door frame, and to engage said protecting plate whereby when the door is swung to an open position, said plate will.

be moved across or oversztidtransparent my hand in presence of two subscribing p::1ne1s% apd stop ifugs formcfd (pn'thg'outler' witnesses. si e 0 he door rame an a a te to e engaged by the upper ends of th e support- FRED SANTOSKI' 5 ing rods when the door is swung to anopen Witnesses:

position, substantially as described. 7 Mrs. FRED SANTOsKI,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 1 v T. L. N. PORT. 

